Environment Agency051WACDV5B3aEast Anglia
The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort: flood history since 2022
The Environment Agency has issued 58 flood alerts for The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort since 26 Sep 2022, most often in October; the busiest year was 2024 (21). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 2 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort
- Code
- 051WACDV5B3a
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Thurrock
- River or sea
- Thames Estuary
- First in the history
- 26 Sep 2022
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Apr 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 28 Sep 2026
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2022 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 18 Apr 2026 | Flood alert |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 25 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.